Christopher Dawson Quotes

What's distinctively shocking about Machiavelli is that he didn't care. He believed not only that politicians must do evil in the name of the public good, but also that they shouldn't worry about it. He was unconcerned, in other words, with what modern thinkers call 'the problem of dirty hands.'

Of God and Evil, there is nothing simply and absolutely so; nor any common Rule of Good and Evil, to be taken from the nature of the objects themselves.

We should not be simply fighting evil in the name of good, but struggling against the certainties of people who claim always to know where good and evil are to be found.

I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be.

Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil.

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

I don't think good and evil are polarized.

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.

Good and evil lay side by side.

I know one thing you don't. I know the difference between Right and Wrong. They didn't teach you that at school.' Rose didn't answer; the woman was quite right: the two words meant nothing to her. Their taste was extinguished by stronger foods--Good and Evil.

You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me.

God is the creator of all things, right? He is the force that dictates the laws of the universe, and is therefore the ultimate source of ethics. He is absolute morality... We claim to be doing good. But the Lord Ruler - as God - defines what is good. So by opposing him we're actually evil. But since he's doing the wrong thing, does evil actually count as good in this case?

Evil to some is always good to others

Why are we talking about this good and evil? They're just names for sides. We know that.

Good and evil both increase at compound interest.

The border between good and evil is terribly fuzzy.

We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.

We live in a world where everyone thinks they do the right thing, so they are entitled to do the wrong thing. So ends can justify the means.

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

We always want to find good and bad guys, and I don't believe in that.

Are there any good guys on 'Prison Break?' I suppose there might be. I can't honestly say whether I'm a good guy or a bad guy or I'm a good guy in wolf's clothing or sheep's clothing.

I don't think anybody's all good or all bad.

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.